MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
Change to
Portrait of Gavin Sheets
Gavin Sheets
SD · 1B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ben Rice.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Gavin Sheets wins 1 (SB).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ben Rice
92.2
Gavin Sheets
88.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Gavin Sheets
40.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Gavin Sheets
7.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Gavin Sheets
31.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Gavin Sheets
8.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Gavin Sheets
.329
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Ben Rice
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Gavin Sheets
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .245
.205

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
522.60
now 17
8
Gavin Sheets
522.60
now 9
3
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2053.60
now 44
36
Gavin Sheets
2053.60
now 22
20
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2053.20
now 44
36
Gavin Sheets
2053.20
now 23
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8004.20
now 2
2
Gavin Sheets
.8004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · leans buyGavin Sheets — hold.conf 0.60
Tweet